gorilla.cd
Protecting the Mountain Gorillas of Virunga
April’s Briquette Yield Sold!
We have got great news to tell you! The entire April fuel briquette production has been purchased by our friends at WWF. 300 hundred sacks of fuel briquettes will be distributed to 6 IDP (Internally Displaced People) camps in Goma, through WWF’s emergency fund which provides the displaced people with a sustainable energy source. This program will go on for the following 3 months, and hopefully more funding will be available to continue until the end of this year. With WWF’s help, we will be able to keep purchasing the briquettes produced from those villagers who have been beneficiaries of our training and pressing machine kits.
Mercy Corps is in charge of the distribution, and together with Elisha (their environmental program leader) and her assistants from all 6 IDP camps around Goma, we went to the camp Mugunga 1 (1,700 families live there) to test people’s acceptance of the fuel briquettes. Until now, wood had been provided for their cooking.
Jean Bosco and Elisha preparing the local dishes in the Mercy Corps’ improved clay stove
Roy: driver, Park Ranger, and great briquette collaborator, cooking the local dish fufu with a displaced woman from Mugunga 1
Food ready, everybody had a taste of what was prepared with the fuel briquettes!
An eager crowd waiting for their fuel briquette samples to take home
Of course 300 fuel briquette sacks is too little to provide for the whole refugee camp. So for the moment both fuel briquettes and wood will be distributed.
Remember that we are installing 100 new briquette machines every month to reach our target of 1,000 pressing machines on the ground by the end of this year. Therefore we are hoping to increase our fuel briquette production on a monthly basis, so we are aiming at selling 400 sacks in May, and 600 sacks in June.
Most importantly however, we need your help: if you haven’t seen already, last week we launched an appeal for donations to buy 100 more briquette presses and kits.
Thank you for all your support!
Update from Samantha: Thank you for all your donations! I have listed you all below:
Donations up to $50
Shawn McC,Jessica F,Nicole W,alberto g,John C,Abby F,alberto g,Miriam P,Meghan H,Andy B,Laura F,Emily H,Andrew G,Tina G,Tina G,Tina G,daniela c,Elizabeth K P,Vanessa B,Robin L H,Igor M,Rahula G,Zoe M,Judith G,Debbie C,Elizabeth R,Rosalie de M,Martine G,Stephen L,Karin K,Dudley S,robert b,Michelle W,Theresa S,david w,Maureen B,Suzannah B,Jeanine D,Pirjo I,Nora H,Jan D,Dana D,,Michelle H,chris n,Jennifer D,Stephen D,Sue D S,Andrew D,Carol Y.
Donations $51 to $100
John C,Cindy C,Kathy S,James C,Roaney G,Sean P,Vincent P,Jennifer M,John M,TINA C,Kathleen B, Alison W, Geoffrey T,Leslie S,Vitra G,Andrew P,Kumiko T,Patricia S.
Donations over $101
Ariane B, Laurette D,Eleanor,Happy Hollow,Avery J,maria susana p,Selina S,Michael P,Jan Mark L,Jean Luc P,Kristin K,Douglas J,Jacqueline T.
And a special thanks to Gary W for a check for $5,000.
Thanks to all. You can see we are getting closer to the target daily…
Leave a Reply
-
RECENT DONATIONS
-
15 Mar 20102 x Salary Supplement for a Ranger
Deborah L 80 $ - 15 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 200 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ -
15 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 56 for one month
Brenton H 25 $ -
15 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 35 for one month
Theresa S 25 $ -
15 Mar 2010Support the Gorilla Orphans
Vanessa N 10 $ -
15 Mar 20101 Briquette Stove
Alberto G 7 $ - 15 Mar 2010financing bukima Open donation
Vanessa N 20 $ -
15 Mar 2010Open donation
Erica 500 $ -
14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 193 for one month
Raemonde B 25 $ - 14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 41 for one month
Theresa S 25 $ - 14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 36 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ -
14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 60 for one month
Danny M 25 $ - 14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 3 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ -
14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 109 for one month
Gillian 25 $ - 14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 43 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ -
14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 42 for one month
Robert W 25 $ - 14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 21 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ - 14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 69 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ - 14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 24 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ - 14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 64 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ -
14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 314 for one month
Wolfgang 25 $ - 14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 310 for one month
Wolfgang 25 $ - 14 Mar 2010Support the Gorilla Orphans
Unregistered Donor 10 $ - 14 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 126 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ -
13 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 164 for one month
Lynn H 25 $ - 13 Mar 2010Open donation
Unregistered Donor 10 $ - 13 Mar 2010Briquette Program
Sasha A 12 $ -
13 Mar 20102 x Briquette Program
Philippa T 24 $ - 13 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 62 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ -
13 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 5 for one month
Etienne B 25 $ -
13 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 26 for one month
Jean-Luc P 25 $ - 13 Mar 2010Open donation
Unregistered Donor 100 $ - 13 Mar 2010Emergency Support to Ranger Widows
Brenton H 20 $ - 12 Mar 2010Salary Supplement for a Ranger
Unregistered Donor 40 $ -
12 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 216 for one month
Grant H 25 $ - 12 Mar 2010Salary Supplement for a Ranger
Whitney 40 $ - 12 Mar 2010Briquette Program
Unregistered Donor 12 $ - 12 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 44 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ - 12 Mar 2010 Multiple items
Will M 50 $ - 11 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 138 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ - 11 Mar 2010 Multiple items
Unregistered Donor 45 $ -
11 Mar 2010Patrol Rations
Bill W 30 $ -
11 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 220 for one month
Anna M 25 $ - 11 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 82 for one month
Unregistered Donor 25 $ - 11 Mar 2010 Multiple items
Unregistered Donor 60 $ -
10 Mar 20101 Briquette Stove
Stephen P 7 $ - 10 Mar 2010 Multiple items
Unregistered Donor 100 $ -
10 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 47 for one month
John R 25 $ - 10 Mar 2010Protecting area no. 12 for one month
Whitney 25 $ - 10 Mar 2010Open donation
Unregistered Donor 25 $
-
-
-
News from Congo- Total Explores Prospects At Congo Side Of Lake Albert - Sources - Wall Street Journal
- The DR Congo won the first ever African Nations Championship - BBC Sport
- US slams rights abuses in Sudan, Congo and Nigeria - AFP
- Our gizmos fund murder - Cuestonian
- President hopes Turkey role in Congo development - www.worldbulletin.net
- UN to start troop withdrawals from Congo in 2010 - Reuters
- Congo-Kinshasa: ICC Prosecutors Will Refute Allegations That Intermediaries ... - AllAfrica.com
- Rwandan president rejects human rights criticism - CNN International
- Did Polish Journalist Mix Fact with Fantasy? - TIME
- Australia earmarks $11m aid for Africa - ABC Online
This website was funded by the European Union and the Prince Bernard Nature Fund.
7 Responses to “April’s Briquette Yield Sold!”
Fantastic news, Sam. Thanks for the encouraging update.
ihappy to hear that and i think that all that people in the refugee camp will apreciate the fuel briquette and will continue to use it when they be back in their respective village…
[...] briquettes are currently being sold in the local markets in Goma, and last month 300 sacks have also been purchased by WWF to provide refugees with an alternative energy source in the IDP [...]
[...] production output is being sold. Both April and May’s stock was delivered to the five refugee camps in Goma (Bulengo, Mugunga 1, Mugunga 2, Mugunga 3 and Kibati). WWF is purchasing our monthly yield [...]
MJPC blames the Congolese Government for Deteriorating Situation in East Congo
“There is no excuse for missing to pay salaries to soldiers in lawless eastern Congo for six months”
Following the deteriorating situation in east Congo, the MJPC called for the Congolese Government to pay the salaries of thousands of soldiers who have not been paid for over six months in east Congo, take swift action to enforce the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) warrant against Bosco Ntaganda and to hold accountable perpetrators of sexual violence against women for their acts.
“Faillng to hold accountable individuals who commit war crimes and crimes against humunity continues to be the leading cause of widespread and systematic sexual violence acts against girls and women in the easten Congo” said Makuba Sekombo, Community Affairs Director of
the Mobilization for Justice and Peace in the DR Congo (MJPC). Mr. Sekombo again criticized the government of Congo for not only the continuing failure to protect women and young girls from sexual violence, but also for “encouraging conditions that create opportunities for sexual violence to occur”. “There is no excuse for missing to pay salaries to soldiers in lawless eastern Congo for six months” said Sekombo.
The MJPC has also renewed its call for the Congolese government to take urgent needed action to end human rights abuses in east Congo, hold perpetrators accountable and ensure reparation for the victims of sexual violence. The MJPC has been urging the Congolese government to compensate the victims of sexual violence in order to also help combat impunity in eastern part of Congo where sexual violence against women and children has been widely used as weapon of war for more than decade.MJPC online petition calling for for help to put pressure on Congolese Government to compensate victims of sexual siolence in Eastern DRC can be signed at http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/26180.html
MJPC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to working to add a voice in the promotion of justice and peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in particular in the East where thousands of innocent civilians, including children and women continue to be victims of massive human rights violations while the armed groups responsible for these crimes remain unpunished.
For more information on MJPC and the activities, visit the web site http://www.mjpcongo.org. E-mail: info@mjpcongo.org or call Makuba Sekombo at 1 408 806 3644
ihappy to hear that and i think that all that people in the refugee camp will apreciate the fuel briquette and will continue to use it when they be back in their respective village…
[...] of both briquettes and the presses that make them is increasing rapidly. We have had early success selling briquettes in bulk for IDP camps, but now the main challenge is to compete with the charcoal markets of Goma that are the biggest [...]